Simons Science School in Chemistry and Physics
STEM education and the training of future scientists, innovators, and high-tech entrepreneurs play a key role in Ukraine's future recovery. The Ukrainian education system excels at identifying gifted youths and at nurturing them in specialised STEM schools and a highly-developed culture of science olympiads and research competitions. This experience should be studied and supported at the highest level, recognizing it as a national asset. Collaborative projects in STEM education between Ukraine and the EU will be to everyone's benefit and promote Ukraine's further integration into the EU.
The Simons Science School in Chemistry and Physics is a one-week program for Ukrainian high school students who have excelled at science competitions. The goal is to foster the students’ interest in science, to introduce them to potential research careers, and to inspire them to apply their talents to shape Ukraine’s future. During their week in Vienna, participants will engage with cutting-edge research groups of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, the Institute of Science and Technology Austria, the University of Vienna, and TU Wien.
The participants of the Vienna Science School in Physics and Chemistry are recruited from two of Ukraine’s most successful science high schools: the Ukrainian Physics and Mathematics Lyceum in Kyiv and the Lviv Physics and Mathematics Lyceum.
Program
Sunday, September 8
- 11:30 Arrivals in Vienna
- 11:30 - 13:00 Check-in at Hotel Geblergasse
- 13:30 - 14:30 Lunch at Pizzeria Riva
- 14:30 - 18:30 Free time, sports on Donauinsel with Vladyslav Heraskevych
- 19:00 - 20:00 Dinner at Centimeter
Monday, September 9
- 07:30 - 08:00 Breakfast at Hotel Geblergasse
- 10:00 - 11:00 Presentation «Smart City Vienna» by Stadt Wien
- 12:30 - 13:30 Lunch at the Cafeteria of the University of Vienna
- 14:00 - 16:00 Research group Climate Dynamics and Modeling, University of Vienna
- 16:30 - 18:00 Guided tour of Vienna's city center with Kateryna Kinsel
- 18:00 - 19:00 Dinner at GRND Restaurant
Tuesday, September 10
Visit to the Institute of Science and Technology Austria.
- 07:30 - 08:00 Breakfast at Hotel Geblergasse
- 09:00 Arrival to ISTA
- 09:15 - 10:00 Research group Materials Electrochemistry
- 10:00 - 10:30 Coffee break
- 10:30 - 11:15 Research group Emergent electronic phenomena in 2D materials
- 11:15 - 12:00 Panel discussion «From Olympiads to Research» with Prof. Maksym Serbyn and PhD student Dmytro Kolisnyk
- 12:00 - 13:00 Lunch at ISTA's cafeteria
- 13:00 - 14:00 Campus tour organized by VISTA
- 14:00 - 15:00 Research group Quantum Dynamics and Condensed Matter Theory
- 15:00 - 17:00 Hike to Klosterneuburg
- 18:00 - 19:00 Dinner at ESI, prepared by GRND Restaurant
- 19:30 - 21:00 Board games with developer Markus Slawitschek
Wednesday, September 11
- 07:30 - 08:00 Breakfast at Hotel Geblergasse
- 09:00 - 12:00 Atominstitut, TU Wien
- 13:00 - 14:00 Lunch at the Cafeteria of the University of Vienna
- 14:30 - 16:30 Research group Physics of Nanostructured Materials, University of Vienna and research group Bioinspired Structuring of MOFs and Nanomaterials, University of Vienna
- 16:30 - 19:00 Free time, e.g., visit to Belvedere Palace
- 19:00 - 20:00 Dinner at ESI, prepared by GRND Restaurant
Thursday, September 12
- 07:30 - 08:00 Breakfast at Hotel Geblergasse
- 09:00 - 12:00 Institute of Quantum Optics and Quantum Information, Austrian Academy of Sciences
- 12:30 - 13:30 Lunch at the Cafeteria of the University of Vienna
- 14:30 - 16:00 Lecture «Machine Learning in Chemistry» by Dr. Esther Heid, TU Wien
- 16:00 - 19:00 Free time, e.g., Naturhistorisches Museum and Kunsthistorisches Museum
- 19:00 - 19:30 Dinner at ESI, prepared by GRND Restaurant
- 19:45 - 21:00 Mafia night at ESI
Friday, September 13
- 07:30 - 08:00 Breakfast at Hotel Geblergasse
- 09:00 - 11:00 Institute of High Energy Physics, Austrian Academy of Sciences
- 13:00 - 14:00 Lunch
- 14:30 - 16:00 United Nations Office and International Atomic Energy Agency
- Guided tour
- Meeting with Ukrainian diplomats
- 16:00 - 17:00 Free time in Donaupark
- 18:00 - 20:00 Dinner with scientists at Centimeter
Saturday, September 14
- 07:30 - 08:00 Breakfast at Hotel Geblergasse
- 09:00 - 12:00 Guided tour of Schönbrunn Palace with Kateryna Kinsel
- 13:00 - 14:00 Lunch
- 14:30 - 16:30 Free time in Prater and on the campus of the Vienna University of Economics and Business
- 18:00 - 19:00 Dinner
Sunday, September 15
- 07:30 - 08:00 Breakfast at Hotel Geblergasse
- 09:00 - 12:00 Free time, e.g., visit to Albertina
- 12:30 - 13:30 Lunch at Pizzeria Riva
- 16:30 Departure to Ukraine